Small beetle ID

Cotham Marble
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Small beetle ID Feb 7, 2016 14:23:15 GMT

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Post by Cotham Marble on Feb 7, 2016 14:23:15 GMT

This just curiosity but I came across this ID question on a very different forum and I'm irritated because I'm sure I should know the answer at least to the level of family group - sorry can't copy picture here, but link is badscience.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41165#p1459791

The picture is of specimines killed in alcohol as removed infestation of lab samples - dried Angelica. There's a suggestion of flea beetles which looks about right to me but I can't find any particular association between flea beetles and the carrot family. Thoughts ?

Thanks,

CM

silversea Junior Member Posts: 70	Small beetle ID Feb 7, 2016 19:31:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by silversea on Feb 7, 2016 19:31:32 GMT An image of the individual beetle, showing the leg and antennae arrangement, is pretty useful.

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Small beetle ID Feb 9, 2016 16:41:59 GMT

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Post by Cotham Marble on Feb 9, 2016 16:41:59 GMT

Feb 7, 2016 19:31:32 GMT silversea said:

An image of the individual beetle, showing the leg and antennae arrangement, is pretty useful.

Samples are not available to me I'm afraid so no hope of getting any kind of certain ID. The folks involved are white coats looking at the bugs solely as pests on ther samples, which is a shame because knowing the speces may have marked them out as harmless.

silversea Junior Member Posts: 70	Small beetle ID Feb 10, 2016 20:54:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by silversea on Feb 10, 2016 20:54:45 GMT That sort of image is standard for most beetle IDs, especially the smaller ones. So we can only speculate... Control of pests generally requires knowledge of what the pest species is, or even the pest family, which we can't say.
	Last Edit: Feb 10, 2016 20:55:26 GMT by silversea

Post by Cotham Marble on Feb 7, 2016 14:23:15 GMT

Post by silversea on Feb 7, 2016 19:31:32 GMT

Post by Cotham Marble on Feb 9, 2016 16:41:59 GMT

Post by silversea on Feb 10, 2016 20:54:45 GMT